Ninja Slushi Twist: Two Flavors at Once + Recipes

The Ninja Slushi Twist (model FS701) is the Slushi that makes two flavors at once. If you have ever wanted his-and-hers slushies, or a swirled two-flavor cup, this is the version built for it. Here is what it adds and how to actually use the two tanks.

What is different about the Twist

The big change is the dual-tank design. Per SharkNinja, the Slushi Twist has two separate barrels so you can run two different frozen drinks side by side, and its Dual SlushAssist technology senses and adjusts the temperature of each tank independently. That independence matters, because a boozy margarita and a kid-friendly lemonade freeze at different points, and the Twist handles each one on its own instead of forcing one setting for both.

A few more specs worth knowing: it holds 144 oz total and makes 10 or more servings, it has 14 temperature control settings, and it accepts recipes up to about 20 percent alcohol (higher than the roughly 16 percent on the original FS301). There is also a SLUSHiTwist function that combines the two flavors into a single twisted glass.

How to use two tanks well

The trick with the Twist is to pair flavors that are fun together but let each tank do its own thing:

• One boozy, one not. Run a frozen margarita in one tank for the adults and a frozen strawberry lemonade in the other for the kids. Everyone is served from one machine.
• Two that twist well. Blue raspberry lemonade and strawberry lemonade make a great two-tone twisted cup.
• A classic combo. An Arnold Palmer split into its parts, lemonade in one tank and tea slush in the other, then twisted back together.

Because each tank is independent, keep each recipe inside its own sugar and alcohol range just like a regular Slushi. The higher 20 percent alcohol ceiling gives you a little more room for stronger cocktails, but sugar is still what makes it freeze into slush.

Every recipe in my 50 best Ninja Slushi recipes roundup works on the Twist. You just get to run two of them at the same time.